Railway-crossing



(No Model.)

W. J. MORDEN.

- RAILWAY CROSSING.

No. 267,568. Patented Nov. 14', 1882@ Inventor diff/07mg 251; est

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IJNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. MORDEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-CROSSING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,568, dated November14, 1882.

Application filed May 15, 1882. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. MORDEN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Ohicago,in the county of Cook and State ,ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRailway-Crossings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in railway-crossings, 85c.

The object of my invention is to dispense with the U-formed plates orother connections heretofore employed for connecting the maintrack andguard rails in railway-crossings, 860.; and my invention consists inusing in place of the main-track and guard rails, connected together byplates or otherwise, heretofore employed,adouble sectional rail,thelower part or base of which is constructed in a single piece with theupper parts or heads detachable.

In the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a crossing having myimprovenients.Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof a portion of the part or base of the double sectional rail.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout. the several views.

In the said drawings, A represents the lower part or base of the doublesectional rail, provided with the flanges E E, having the groove orsocket 0.

B B are the upper parts or heads of the double sectional rail, and areprovided with the tongue 0, which tits in the groove 0.

In making a crossing with the double sectional rail, the rail is cut insections and secured together at the proper angle by the corner-piecesD, in the ordinary manner, by bolts (1, or in any other suitable manner,the said bolts passing through the flanges E E and shank e, and hold theupper parts or heads, B B, of the rails firmly in their places.

The parts A and B of the double sectional rail may be made of-anysuitable material desired; but I prefer to make the lower part, A, ofwrought-iron, with the upper part or heads, B B, of steel, thus securinga comparatively soft and elastic base, with a hard surface for the faceof the rail that must stand the wear.

By having the heads B B detachable they may be removed at' any time andothers substituted in case of breakage, or when they become worn out,and the crossing in this way made as good as new, and with but littleeX- pense. By having the base-piece A made'in a single piece a lighter,stronger, and more durable crossing is secured with less expense than bythe present methods, as the U-formed plates or other connections and thelabor and fitting thereon are dispensed with.

I am aware that rails have been formed in sections, the lowerpart orbasebeingchanneled to receive a tongue formed on the upper part or head,as shown in the patents to Stancliff and Minges, No. 20,828, andBargion, No. 256,530. This, however, I do not claim.

Havingthus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A double sectional rail, the lower part or base of which isconstructed in a single piece, the upper part or heads being detachable,substantially as shown and described.

2. A railway-crossing, substantially as described, composed of doublesectional rails, said rails consisting of a single base-piece, A,provided with detachable heads B B, substantially as described andshown.

3. In a double sectional rail, the base-piece A, having flanges E E, incombination with the detachable heads B B, provided with tongues e 0,substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a railway-crossing, the combination of the double base'pieces A,detachable heads B B, and corner-pieces D, substantially as describedand shown.

In testimony whereof I afflx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. MORDEN.

Witnesses:

CHAs. KRESSMANN, FRANK J oHNsoN.

